Leaving The White Home: A Short Story

Obama is intelligent and at one time, earned a higher wage than her husband. Michelle Obama’s mother taught her to read by age four and stressed the importance of education to Michelle and her older brother. She was a gifted student and was not ashamed to take advanced classes. She says “I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart was cooler than anything in the world.” Michelle graduated high school as the salutatorian. She attended Princeton University and graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Sociology and a minor in African-American studies. She went on to study law at Harvard and once graduated, she moved to a job as an associate. Working as an associate in Chicago, she met Barack Obama. Mrs. Obama then pursued a job in public service working for the University of Chicago. She continued to work until shortly after her husband’s inauguration. Although it could have been easy to get caught up in the presidential election, Mrs. Obama’s first priority has always been her two daughters, Sasha and

Michelle Obama has been a huge influence to many young girls, adolescents, and children. Many people look up to Michelle because unlike other first ladies she has not just stood behind her husband. Do you remember George Bush’s wife’s name? No, because many first ladies aren't expected to step out from the shadows of their husbands. Michelle was confident and took into consideration the suffering that was happening in America and she decided to do something about. She has given so much back to U.S. community and society. She has contributed widely ranging from education to nutrition to self-confidence in young girls.

Obama would down play her political and professional credentials to emphasize her importance of being a mother and wife. Michelle holds family as a principal value that is close to her heart, it only right that she advocate for it. “Mrs. Obama has identified her primary role in the White House as ‘Mom-in-Chief’” (Kahl, 2009, p.2). Often times Michelle explicitly shows this to the world by her way of servant leadership, and believing in social actions, exercising your social responsibilities (Natalle & Simon, 2015). Wren describes a servant leader as one who is a servant first, someone who has a natural desire to serve first (1995). When Michelle’s husband was elected into office, she became first lady of one of the most powerful countries in the world giving her a greater opportunity to serve the people. As Kahl states Michelle “has adopted a generalized advocacy for the welfare of families, serving as a symbol of the complexities of contemporary motherhood (Kahl, 2009, p.1). By starting with her own family and branching out to the families in this country she was able to exercise her value of giving back to the people, helping them not only to survive but to thrive (Bond, 2012). Her love of service became a powerful motivator in her leadership, with the potential of having those that she served becomes servant leaders themselves (Wren, 1995, p.

Barack Hussein Obama Jr, the first African American President of the United States, was born on August the 4th 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama’s birth is considered as an important turning point for African American’s in history, he was the first African American to serve as a United States president. Barack Obama is currently the 44th president of the United States. He was raised in a middle class family with education being the core of their lives and had very noble values. Obama was a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, he was elected the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. Obama met Michelle Robinson in 1989 in Chicago’s law firm of Sidley Austin as a summer associate and not too long after that they began to date. Obama was a civil rights attorney, community organizer in Chicago where he helped rebuild communities that was devastated by the closure of the local street plants and a teacher at University of Chicago Law School before pursuing a political career. The time Obama spent helping rebuild the communities he that this time of his life “the best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School” (1). For Obama, he explains that from that experience is what contributed to finding his identity and forming the path that he has taken whilst in the white house. Barack Obama won the election in November 4th 2008 and then took office on January the 20th 2009, these two dates were significant days for America.

President Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu Hawaii, August 4, 1961. Obama lived with his mother and father for a short period of time until his father left when he was around the age of two.Obama didn 't really have a relationship with his father . When Obama was little growing up without his father was a struggle for him.When Obama was 10 he moved back to Hawaii to live with his Grandparents,While living with his grandparents, He enrolled in the esteemed Punahou Academy. Obama excelled in basketball and graduated with academic honors in 1979.After high school, Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, graduating in 1983 with a degree in political science. After working in the business sector for two years, Obama moved to Chicago in 1985. There, he worked on the impoverished South Side as a community organizer for low-income residents in the Roseland and the Altgeld Gardens communities.

Michelle Obama was born and raised in Chicago Illinois. Her maiden name is Michelle LaVaughn Robinson. While in school Michelle did very well, she was able to skip second grade and graduated top of her class. She attended Princeton University and then Harvard Law School. During summers she worked at Sidly Austin Law Firm, upon graduation she was offered a full time position. There she met Barack Obama. On October 3rd 1992, Michelle and Barack married. They had two kids, Malia and Natasha. After marriage Barack started his political career, winning the Illinois Senate State seat. While Barack was away in Springfield, Michelle took a job at the University of Chicago. During this time she found ways for college students to become more involved

President Obama father left him when he was two years old. After his parents was divorce she remarried foreign student from Indonesia who was attending the University of Hawaii.

Barack went punahou and graduated 1979 so then he went to oxy near pasadena Barack had never worked very hard in punahou before Barack talked about politics a lot and invited other Black people to talk and have speeches and talk about south africa then 2 years later he went to columbia university to finish his last year of college then Barack walked around the city and saw many black neighborhoods and families in terrible poverty

Malia Obama has a boyfriend or "mystery man." Barack and Michelle Obama's eldest daughter recently proved that she doesn't care if the Secret Service members and Paparazzi -- or anyone else -- are around when she is kissing, making out, and puffing on cigarettes. Malia was doing just that at a recent Harvard versus Yale football game tailgate party over the weekend, this according to a TMZ report.

Michelle Obama is the wife of Barack Obama, who is currently the President and 44th in the United States of America. Mrs Obama is an independent American lawyer and famous writer. She also happens to be the first African-American First Lady in the country. In this paper I am going to discuss her early years, education, career, personal and family life, and accomplishments or influence while serving as First Lady and after leaving the White House.

When I was a boy, our house was on a little hill several yards off the mail route. We could see the road alright; however, the mailbox was a long walk from our front porch. Anyway, when we saw people coming up that path, we knew they were coming to our house, because it was the only one up there.

leave Kenya and accomplish his goal which was to attend college in Hawaii. Eventually, Obama Sr. met Ann Dunham and married her. Six months later, Barack was born. After Barack became two years of age, his parents separated for several months and ultimately divorced. One of the divorce reasons was that Obama’s father left his family to attain his goal of finishing Ph.D. studies at Harvard and returned back to his home country, Kenya, in 1965. (Barack Obama Biography). Obama’s mother got married again in 1966 to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia. Later on, the family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. However, Indonesia proved to be stressful and uncomfortable for Obama and his mother, so Obama was sent back to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents.

Michelle Obama grew up in Chicago with her father, mother, and brother. She was very close with her family, doing everything together. She and her brother grew up together, both skipping second grade. When Michelle Obama was in sixth grade she attended her school’s gifted and talented and completed many courses. She soon graduated from high school following her brothers steps attending Harvard and studying law.

Finally,Obama was influenced, not by another person, but by his mother and stepfather,Lolo Soetoro. Obama was raised in a multicultural household. Miller Center states that Obama was raised as “Indonesian child and a Hawaiian child and as a black child and as a white child,” which furthered his experience with different cultures as well as opened his mind to how others live their lives.

It was a strange phenomenon, we had never seen these white men before, and wondered if it would be the last thing we would see ever again. No one knew what was going to happen, if anything would occur at all, and it was petrifying.